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Brule was one of seven charged with conspiring to distribute heroin and cocaine in the east area of Hollygrove. All seven were charged with conspiring to possess firearms to aid them in drug trafficking, prosecutors said.

Charles "Chuck" Johnson, 25, has plead not guilty to the charges related to the investigation. His trial is scheduled fro December.

According to court documents and evidence presented at Brule's sentencing, agents seized a cellphone from 20-year-old William Henderson, which showed a video recorded on Nov. 5, 2012, that Henderson took of himself and Brule in a heroin sale with a third person. The third person wasn't identified by investigators.

"In the video Brule and Henderson are seen negotiating a heroin deal while a 4-year-old child was sitting in the backseat of the car," a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office said. "Additional pictures retrieved from Henderson's phone show the same child holding a semi-automatic handgun in the backseat of the same vehicle."

U.S Attorney Kenneth Polite said Brule deserved the lengthy sentence.

"He and his East Hollygrove gang members terrorized their own neighborhood through narcotics trafficking and violence," Polite said. "Even worse, Brule and his fellow defendants exposed a 4-year-old boy to their criminal conduct. Being exposed to guns and drugs certainly placed this boy at risk of physical harm. At the same time, it jeopardizes his future, as the misguided lesson learned by him –and other young people in the same predicament – is that this conduct is acceptable, normal, and even encouraged. It certainly is not. We must use all available tools – prevention, intervention and enforcement – to break this cycle of criminality.”